With the sun sinking in the west an old saguaro gives a pair of kestrels an expansive view of the desert floor.
📷: Nikon Z 7II | Nikon 105mm macro
🗓️: November 6, 2022
Tag: Arizona
The Desert With No Sand
The title is a bit of an exaggeration but during our first year in Arizona while we were choosing where to settle down, it was the abundance and diversity of the fauna and flora that led me to our neck of the woods.
📷: Nikon Z 7II | Nikon 105mm macro
🗓️: November 6, 2022
Lunar
📷: Nikon Z 7II | Nikon 105mm macro
🗓️: November 6, 2022
Holding the Light
Teddy bear cholla lit by the last light of the day.
📷: Nikon Z fc | Nikon 105mm macro
🗓️: January 23, 2022
Jane Rau Station
The weather cooled down briefly last weekend so I took Bear on a couple of hikes. When we’re at Brown’s Ranch if we have time & he has the energy, I often finish off with the short Jane Rau Trail. There’s an overlook half-way round I call the Jane Rau Station, we stop here for water and snacks before heading home. This is from last weekend, he was pretty gassed this morning so we went straight to the car. He loves the desert, this pup.
📷: Sony A6700 | Sigma 19mm f/2.8
🗓️: October 19, 2024
Judge Me By My Size, Do You?
You never know where you’re going to come across a Jedi. Some are rather small but don’t comment on it, they’re rather sensitive about it.
📷: Sony A6700 | Sony 100-400mm | Sony 1.4X
🗓️: September 21, 2024
Well Hidden
When you’re well hidden in a tree and definitely no one can see you.
📷: Sony A6700 | Sony 100-400mm | Sony 1.4X
🗓️: May 27, 2024
Covering All the Angles
A pair of owls owns the high ground, bathed in the last light of the setting sun. I trained Bear on the trails in this area though we haven’t been back since the desert to the east burned.
📷: Nikon Z 7II | Nikon 24-200
🗓️: March 28, 2023
Last Call
With the setting sun disappearing behind western hills, a Gambel’s quail and I bid each other good evening.
📷: Sony A6600 | Sony 100-400mm | Sony 1.4X
🗓️: April 2, 2022
The Elephant & Bear & I
It’s been another dry summer so The Elephant is a shadow of her normal self. I suppose the same could be said of Bear and I. Even with long shadows from the rising sun I couldn’t get his to pop up high enough, I need to get him some stilts. I always try to sneak in some wildlife into my shots, there’s a red-tailed hawk perched atop one of the distant saguaros.
📷: Nikon Z 7II | Nikon 24-70 f/4
🗓️: September 15, 2024
Boolie 